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Focus turns to first post-MoU visit by creditors and talks on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammeat a European level in order to avoid a further burden on pensioners.” Achtsioglou added that the government is on course to settle all outstanding pensions by the end of the year. She said that 47,000 main... by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Thessaloniki Expo in less than three weeks. This will all
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Eurobank sees net profits of 1.1 mln in Q2, NPEs continue to fall
EconomyBankingoutstanding in order for the bank to reach its full year NPE reduction target of 15.6 billion. The NPE ratio... ratio fell by 440 bps. In the Greek market, negative NPE formation was noted in all four main... investment for many years,” he said. He concluded that ”A clear signal that all stakeholders
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Athens resumes contact with Ankara as interest in FYROM referendum grows
PoliticsForeign Policy’ language confirms in the most tragic way what I have been stressing all those months. That [PM Alexis... and had been rejected by all previous governments – as a success for Greece.” Foreign Minister Nikos... solution to the name dispute. “In order to mock the international players, [Gruevski] pretended
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Tsipras pledges array of tax cuts, hopes for break on pensions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto DETH, with government officials stressing that they are all within the fiscal framework agreed... intends to implement in order to lighten the load on taxpayers, Tsipras stressed the need for more... it to our European partners at the European Commission, where we will present, like all eurozone
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Newsletter 176 -28/09/2018
Draft budget expected with interest All eyes on fate of pension cuts as pressure mounts on ANEL... the name settlement, known as the Prespes Agreement, caused unrest within the coalition. In order to quell... and its official creditors is the common denominator across all three ratings agencies
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Greece's never-ending election campaign
Agora. The parties’ adversarial style, the partisan media and an enduring passion for all things political... providing benefits for all. After almost a decade in the mire, the prospect of a business-friendly... public broadcaster ERT. New Democracy has also targeted SYRIZA over law and order issues, especially
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Greece drops to 72 in Doing Business index as long-term problems persist
EconomyFeaturesin Greece as a cause for concern. In recent years and in order to attract and boost business, Greece..., was recalibrated three times across the time series, but all recalculations show that Greece performed badly... remained consistently at 9 percent across all years while the recovery rate has dropped from a high
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Mitsotakis responds to Tsipras challenge with proposals for broad changes to constitution
PoliticsGreek Politics” of the constitution and being interested in using the revision process in order to distract attention... a greater role in the appointment of senior public officials. All in all, the proposals made by the New
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New strategic investment framework unveiled, faster licencing and tax breaks promised
EconomyFeaturescomponent was to attract investment in all sectors of the economy to ensure the widest possible distribution of any benefits entailed in order to boost growth and employment. Among other components... for the issuance of all required permits for the implementation of a Strategic Investment should not exceed three
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Greece rises through the ranks for LNG transport tankers
EconomyFeaturesthat half of all orders this year have come from Greek shipowners. The data does not capture..., of which 101 ships are currently on order. Having always had a strong presence in the shipping sector, LNG..., the Boris Sokolov, which was built in China and is currently the only all-season LNG tanker
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